Improvement in water-wheels



NITED STAT-Es STILES MUNGER, 0F SHAWANGUNK, NEW'YORK.

Y IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-WHEELS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 2,949, dated February 10, 1843.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, STILES MUNGER, of the town of Shawangunk, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Water- Vheels and Applying Water thereto; and I hereby do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 3 is a perspective view of the wheel Fig. 2, a sectional view -in perspective, and Fig. l, a perspective View of the Wheel and iiume. 4

I style my invention the double cylinder with inclined circular floats acting both by percussion and gravity water-wheel.

To enable others to make and construct and use my invention, I proceed to describe more minutely its construction and operation.

'The wheel (.see Figs. l, 2, and 3) is to be constructed ot' cast-iron, or wood, or other material, or partly of iron, wood, or other material. 1 i

c represents the shaft, which may also be constructed of cast-iron, wood, or other material, and to be placed in a perpendicular position.

b is the top ot` the Wheel and to which isl annexed the inside cylinder c c.

c c is the inside cylinder, to which are annexed the iioats or buckets ci CZ.

d CZ are the floats or buckets which are annexed on their sides to c c, the inside cylinder, and on their upper end to h, the top of the wheel; ci d, when of cast-iron, to be about onehalf an inch thick where they are fastened to b and tapering gradually toward the lower end to about one-fourth of an inch in thickness; these buckets or floats to be from ten inches to twelve inches in width, depend- 'ing on the head ci water; b, the top of the wheel, to extend beyond c c, the inside cylinder, to a distance of about two inches beyond the Iioats or buckets d d, and when b is made of ironit ought to be about one-half of an inch in thickness.

D D represent the outside cylinder, and through which the chutes pass, and when of cast-iron to be about one-half of an inch thick and to be placed just clear of the iioats or buckets.

A A represent the outside flume, one side thereof to be indefinitely extended to the dam or stream, the space between A and B to be at least two feet in width, the top of the ume to be as high as the top of high-water mark, the bottom to be six inches belowthe bottom of the wheel. Six inches above the bottom there is to be placed a deck or bottom, and which in the center is to be cut out equal to the size of the wheel in order to permit the water to pass off or escape.

B B represent the inside flume, to be square and of equal height with A A, and to rest upon the deck, to be two inches Wider than the diameter of the wheel. e e are the chutes to pass the water, arranged horizontally. Theyare to be four in number,

equidistant, and to be placed in the corners of the inside flume, in height to be equal to the breadth of c c, the inside cylinder; their width at the cylinder to be equal to that of the floats or buckets, and at the gate at the inside tlume to be about three inches more; the longer side of the chute to be at right angles to the diameter of the wheel, the shorter side at an acute angle to the same. If only two chutes are used, theyonght to be those opposite to one another.

f f are the gates to stop oit the water from the chutes.

I I represent the break to hoistthe gates.

Fig. 2 shows a section of the wheel ot' the inside and outside flume, one side ofl each of i the flumes being supposed to be removed. Fig. l is a perspective view of the same, so that the position of the chutes of the iioats or buckets and the wheel may be seen. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the wheel.

This wheel is intended to be placed under eighteen inches of water. y

The advantages of this wheel are that by the position of the chutes the power may be increased or diminished by using one, two, three, or the whole of the chutes at one time, and it is claimed that the same quantity of water applied through the four chutes will give greater power than if applied through a less number of chutes; that the water passing between thetwo cylinders from the chutes upon the ioats placed in an inclined position the backwater is prevented from interfering with the power of the wheel; that the fio-ats being set in an inclined circular position to an angle of about forty-ve degrees the water acts both by percussion and gravity. Anbination with theoats arranged upon the other advantage is that beingeighteen inches above Wheel and constructed as above den nder Water it will never be liable to be obscribed. structed by ice, and also will run with a less i head of Water than other Wheels. STILES MUNGER ,1 What I claim as my invention, and desire Witnesses: i to secure by Letters Patent, is CLEMT. T. COOTE,

The arrangement of the four chutes, in co m- JOHN VAN BUREN. 

